We went to Disney World last spring and my parents came with us. My parents live 700 miles from us and the plan was they were going to drive down here, spend the night at our house, and then we'd all go to Disney together the next day. We were staying at the Disney campground, they were using our tent. My father is over 70 years old. The day before my parents were supposed to get here we got a call saying my father was in the hospital with pneumonia and they were going to admit him. The next thing I knew is my father said 'HELL NO!' and he checked himself out of the hospital, drove down here, and joined us at Disney and slept in a tent. This is the same guy who drove down here for a visit after undergoing radiation therapy for cancer, which left him very, very, very tired. So, yeah...Mrs. Stoke could be my father.

There is, no doubt, a huge population of females who are saying, "yes, and what's wrong with that?" Insane yes, but Dr. Grumpy, you'd just have to be a woman to understand some of these things. A girl must have her priorities...or just wanna have fun.

This will be used in future to lay guilt trips on daughter-in-law. "I set up your baby shower rather than seeking medical attention even though I had just had a stroke!". This type of MIL is poisonous.

@Amanda - yes. It's not quite the same (really!) but I dragged myself to work for ten days with a throat so sore I could only eat yogurt and I was so feverish I was wearing a sundress when everyone else was in pants and sweaters - I thought it was nothing, just a little virus. It was strep, a very bad case. I'm not sure what finally made me give in, but I'm glad it wasn't heart damage that made me take a day off.

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